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. >>> president obama unveiled his immigration reform today in las vegas, just a day after bipartisan group of senators laid out their own comprehensive plan. among the proposals in that senate plan, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already living in the u.s. and an increased security presence on our nation's borders. >>> a major policy change could be on the way for the boy scouts of america. the organization's board of directors may reverse a ban on gay scouts and scout leaders, leaving it up to the local troops to decide. if approved, the national policy change could go into effect next week. >>> billions of dollars of aid are heading to victims of superstorm sandy. monday, the senate approved the $50 billion to provide help to hard-hit homes and businesses three months after the storm slammed the northeast. president obama says he will sign it as soon as it hits his desk. >>> a programming note, special report tonight on "dateline," the story of abducted college student mickey shoonic and the hunt for her assailant. "missing mickey." >>> a woman used her remote
. >>> president obama unveiled his immigration reform today in las vegas, just a day after bipartisan group of senators laid out their own comprehensive plan. among the proposals in that senate plan, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already living in the u.s. and an increased security presence on our nation's borders. >>> a major policy change could be on the way for the boy scouts of america. the organization's board of directors may reverse a ban on gay...
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president obama hits the road to talk about immigration reform. the trip comes a day after a bipartisan group of senators unveiled their plan for dealing with the roughly 11 million undocumented people living here in the united states. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker with more. good morning. >> matt, good morning. president obama will give new details to the policies he first mapped out two years ago, and he will call on congress to pass on an immigration reform bill quickly. >> everybody in? >> reporter: president obama putting the spotlight on immigration reform today. a campaign promise echoed in his inaugural address. >> our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see america as a land of opportunity. >> reporter: the president turning up the heat on congress, by taking his case to nevada. where latinos make up 27% of the population. l luis will be in the audience, undocumented immigrants working to gain citizenship. >> we need to feel free in this country. freedom
president obama hits the road to talk about immigration reform. the trip comes a day after a bipartisan group of senators unveiled their plan for dealing with the roughly 11 million undocumented people living here in the united states. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker with more. good morning. >> matt, good morning. president obama will give new details to the policies he first mapped out two years ago, and he will call on congress to pass on an immigration reform bill...
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president obama, putting the spotlight on immigrati reform today. a campaign promise echoed in his inaugural address. >> our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see america as a land of opportunity. >> reporter: the president turning up the heat on congress, by taking his case to nevada, where latinos make up 27% of e population. luis baraljas will be in the audience, working to gain citizenship. >> we need to feel free in this country. freedom is what this country presumes to be. >> reporter: remarks today will mirror the speech he gave two years ago in el paso, texas, calling for stronger border security and a path to citizenship. >> being a nation of laws goes hand in hand with being a nation of immigrants. >> reporter: white house officials are praising the proposals of a bipartisan grooch s group of senators announced monday. lawmakers saying now is the time to tackle immigration. >> we have been too content for too long to allow individuals to mow our lawn, serve our food, cl
president obama, putting the spotlight on immigrati reform today. a campaign promise echoed in his inaugural address. >> our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see america as a land of opportunity. >> reporter: the president turning up the heat on congress, by taking his case to nevada, where latinos make up 27% of e population. luis baraljas will be in the audience, working to gain citizenship. >> we need...
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president obama sitting down today with senate democrats to try to work out this immigration reform snag that they've hit. and just this morning we've learned that there could be a deal announced today that would double border patrols and add 700 miles of fencing along the borders. that expected to get some republican votes. all of this coming after the president's speech at the brandenberg gates in germany where he talked about other weighty issues he's dealing with here in washington, like how involved the u.s. should get in the civil war in syria. he's already decided to arm the rebels. can he get the allies to rally around? that was part of what he was trying to do at the g-8 summit. he talked about afghanistan now that we're backing off the security forces there, taking over. what will the u.s. role be? a support role, the president said. not to mention the nsa, the continuing questions into surveillance by the national security agency and whether or not civil rights were violated. richard? >> a full plate in washington, d.c. tracie potts, thank you so much. >>> for the first time,
president obama sitting down today with senate democrats to try to work out this immigration reform snag that they've hit. and just this morning we've learned that there could be a deal announced today that would double border patrols and add 700 miles of fencing along the borders. that expected to get some republican votes. all of this coming after the president's speech at the brandenberg gates in germany where he talked about other weighty issues he's dealing with here in washington, like...
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eafs campaign and then senior advisor for health reform at the department of health and human services. and moderating today's panel will be david. david is the chief of washington bureau at the "new york times" company. he write it is weekly economic column for the business section. he also serves as the staff writer for the "new york times" magazine. in 2011 david was awarded the pulitzer prize for commentary. prior to joining the times in 1999 he worked for business week magazine and the washington post. i'd like to welcome them all to the stage now and give them a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you michael. thank you all for coming. so we're not going to do opening statements. we're going the talk for a while up here and have a little bit of a discussion and debate and then we'll open it up to you all and take some questions and conversation from the audience. so i guess i want to start out by throwing a question out ere which is that there is this whole argument right now that we should not worry about the deficit in the short term, that it's not the most important problem and
eafs campaign and then senior advisor for health reform at the department of health and human services. and moderating today's panel will be david. david is the chief of washington bureau at the "new york times" company. he write it is weekly economic column for the business section. he also serves as the staff writer for the "new york times" magazine. in 2011 david was awarded the pulitzer prize for commentary. prior to joining the times in 1999 he worked for business week...
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7% of latinos voted for president obama in november. you are seeing some republicans considering backing immigration reform could help them politically with the group. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> the super bowl means super spending when it comes to parties. americans will spend nearly $12.3 billion on the super bowl. that is an average of about $68 per person. more than 7.5 million households are expected to buy a new tv before the big game. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what is the one thing you have to have at your super bowl party? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. some of the biggest auto insurers are looking to set rates. jane king has the bloomberg business report. what is going on here? a receptionist could pay more than an executive with a master's degree. >> very interesting stuff. the largest u.s. auto insurers. they weighed occupation levels more than driving records. it would cost the receptionist $3,300 to ensure he
7% of latinos voted for president obama in november. you are seeing some republicans considering backing immigration reform could help them politically with the group. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> the super bowl means super spending when it comes to parties. americans will spend nearly $12.3 billion on the super bowl. that is an average of about $68 per person. more than 7.5 million households are expected to buy a new tv before the big game. that brings us to our water cooler...
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then senator obama played a big role in sticking the knife in immigration reform than at the behest of the union bosses. right now, congress is not working to actually fix the system. that's what the american people want and that's what i hope the house does. i don't know if they will or not but i'm doing everything i can to encourage them to do exactly that. >> we have time for just one more question and then we will move down to the lower levels to meet with the media. are think many of us willing to get going on grassroots. i'm really excited about it erie it i feel like our hands are tied. we send letters to representatives. we call. we feel like we are going up against a black curtain and we don't know what happens. can you give us some advice on how to get going, how to mobilize people, some suggestions of opportunities we can all participate in? >> great question. one thing i'm trying to do is to help and encourage that. in the immigration fight, we started a website, secure borders now. we urge people all over to come and sign up to say secure the borders first, fixed the probl
then senator obama played a big role in sticking the knife in immigration reform than at the behest of the union bosses. right now, congress is not working to actually fix the system. that's what the american people want and that's what i hope the house does. i don't know if they will or not but i'm doing everything i can to encourage them to do exactly that. >> we have time for just one more question and then we will move down to the lower levels to meet with the media. are think many of...
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the house gop attempting to undo health care reform known as obama care as part of any deal to keep the government running through october 1st. we talked to people on the national mall tonight. many of them tourists. do you think the government should shut down? >> no, i don't. because there's no telling what will happen when the government shuts down. that's unknown territory. the stuff we've already seen from the sequesters and what that's affected, there's no telling what will happen when the government shuts down. >> if it happens more than a third of federal employees would be furloughed. federally funded museums, including the smithsonians and the zoo would be closed, which could devastate tourism. >> people come here to do sight seeing, see everything. yeah, if there's nothing open, then they're not going to come. >> while it appears that a deal won't happen, many still have hope that it will, including federico lorini, from spain. >> cannot shut down. >> it happened 18 years ago. >> it is a risk, but what are the consequences? >> reporter: d.c. mayor vince gray has taken steps t
the house gop attempting to undo health care reform known as obama care as part of any deal to keep the government running through october 1st. we talked to people on the national mall tonight. many of them tourists. do you think the government should shut down? >> no, i don't. because there's no telling what will happen when the government shuts down. that's unknown territory. the stuff we've already seen from the sequesters and what that's affected, there's no telling what will happen...
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president obama will be a rallying support for the immigration legislation at 10:30 a.m. this morning. if the senate judiciary committee holds nomination hearings for minnesota at. -- minnesota turkey to head the atf. republicans are demanding more answers from the nee
president obama will be a rallying support for the immigration legislation at 10:30 a.m. this morning. if the senate judiciary committee holds nomination hearings for minnesota at. -- minnesota turkey to head the atf. republicans are demanding more answers from the nee
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, moving into the first term of the obama administration. it is good to hear there is attention in congress to the matter and interest in this. i would like to ask about the with president clinton. it is incredibly difficult to get real interagency cooperation in a strategic way, unless you have something you can count on for a longer period of time to feel those capabilities. could you comment on where that is, what level of interest there is in that? >> i am not sure where that will go. i think it would be enormously helpful if we found a way to consistently analyze the role of government approach. i do not know that the qddr really was backed. it was more the state department's view on the world. in fact, even as it was coming out, it was kind of competing with the national security council effort, putting out its own findings under development was at. i guess what i would say is, i think that would be great if we have something that was an interagency analysis, just like the qdr. which lookedqddr, at things all development. but you would
, moving into the first term of the obama administration. it is good to hear there is attention in congress to the matter and interest in this. i would like to ask about the with president clinton. it is incredibly difficult to get real interagency cooperation in a strategic way, unless you have something you can count on for a longer period of time to feel those capabilities. could you comment on where that is, what level of interest there is in that? >> i am not sure where that will go....
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they wanted of immigration reform and other governments are bringing their issues to our president. what about our issues? martin took his issues -- >> guest: who stopping them? it's one thing to say president obama is not responding. >> host: but what are we doing? >> guest: but what are we doing so that he has to respond and to me if you are not using that leverage, everyone knows that it's the black vote -- >> host: 93%. >> guest: the latino vote was decisive in the last election, women. each of these groups who played a role in electing him, that is why in my view when i came here for the not gration, i said and the day before the not duration i gave a speech to the morehouse alums who came and i said the important day is not tomorrow. we celebrate then. the important day as the day after tomorrow. what are we going to do them? for a lot of people they went home. >> host: that is true, and celebrated. it is a milestone. i never thought in my lifetime i would see a black president so it is. we talked a great deal about the movement and we have talked very little bit about you but
they wanted of immigration reform and other governments are bringing their issues to our president. what about our issues? martin took his issues -- >> guest: who stopping them? it's one thing to say president obama is not responding. >> host: but what are we doing? >> guest: but what are we doing so that he has to respond and to me if you are not using that leverage, everyone knows that it's the black vote -- >> host: 93%. >> guest: the latino vote was decisive in...
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. >>> president obama will propose reforms for the nsa after the allegations of snooping. the president spoke on msnbc "hardball" with chris matthews. >> i'll be proposing some self-restraint on the nsa and to initiate some reforms that can give people more confidence. >> the president said that people at the nsa generally are looking out for the safety of the american people and are not interested in reading e-mails and text messages. >>> good news about unemployment. it is a five-year low. it is down 0.3% from the month before. the economy added 203,000 new jobs. >>> encouraging news about the pilot whales stranded in shallow water in the florida evergrades. officials say most of the whales, at least 35 of them, were able to swim into deeper water on thursday. officials are now tracking them from boats and from the air. good news there. >>> well, prosecutors have decided not to bring charges against heisman trophy favorite jameis winston. the florida state quarterback had been accused of sexual assault, but officials announced they didn't have enough evidence to pursue c
. >>> president obama will propose reforms for the nsa after the allegations of snooping. the president spoke on msnbc "hardball" with chris matthews. >> i'll be proposing some self-restraint on the nsa and to initiate some reforms that can give people more confidence. >> the president said that people at the nsa generally are looking out for the safety of the american people and are not interested in reading e-mails and text messages. >>> good news about...
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. >>> president obama will speak about the importance of immigration reform today. the president is meeting with business and labor leaders to push his plan that will create a path to citizenship for 11 million people and the full senate will take its first vote on the plan this afternoon. >>> a southwest airlines flight heading from los angeles to texas had to be diverted to phoenix on monday after a bomb threat was phoned in. this according to the fbi. bomb squad and police dog unit met the plane on the tarmac in arizona, but the plane landed without incident. >>> now let's head to wall street, mary thompson. what do consumers need to know? >> a couple of things about apple. markets are tumbling after the bank of japan kept its stimulus effort as is. investors feel the global recovery may stall. right now the dow is off 136 points. apple is launching a radio service called i-radio and sony is pricing its playstation 4 $100 less than the xbox 1. >>> and the mysterious incident at 26,000 feet forced an air china passenger jet to make an emergency landing. the entire
. >>> president obama will speak about the importance of immigration reform today. the president is meeting with business and labor leaders to push his plan that will create a path to citizenship for 11 million people and the full senate will take its first vote on the plan this afternoon. >>> a southwest airlines flight heading from los angeles to texas had to be diverted to phoenix on monday after a bomb threat was phoned in. this according to the fbi. bomb squad and police...
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president obama is juggling a full plate of proposals on guns and immigration. janet napolitano. >> we are committed to making sure this sector and the entire southwest border remains secure. >> reporter: immigration reform would allow estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. to earn citizenship. on monday he took his push for tougher gun laws to minneapolis, the city known as murderapolis in the mid '90s. >> weapons of war have no place on our streets or in our schools or threaten iing our law enforcement officers. >> reporter: against the backdrop of those officers, president obama urged supporters to call on congress to act. >> we don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something. >> reporter: while both sides largely agree with a need for extended background checks, reinstating the assault weapons ban remains the most controversial effort. president obama is ignoring the nation's economic challenges, critics say. >> our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. >> reporter: immigration reform is criti
president obama is juggling a full plate of proposals on guns and immigration. janet napolitano. >> we are committed to making sure this sector and the entire southwest border remains secure. >> reporter: immigration reform would allow estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. to earn citizenship. on monday he took his push for tougher gun laws to minneapolis, the city known as murderapolis in the mid '90s. >> weapons of war have no place on our streets...
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i can tell you that president obama understands this as well. the president developed a view that immigration reform was not just the right thing to do, it was an economic imperative. two weeks ago bipartisan immigration reform bill that passed, it was a significant -- there will be a significant cost to our country if congress fails to act. let me just give you a few of the highlights. there will be more investments. our economy will grow by an additional 5.4%. if congress acts, deficits will fall by $850 billion, our debt will shrink as a share of the economy. if congress acts, the social security trust fund will be extended by two years and the shortfall will be reduced by nearly half of $1 chilean.-- of $1 trillion. if congress acts the recovery of the housing market will be strengthened thanks to stronger demand and homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the recession. if congress acts, through the permanent authorization of travel promotion that will provide a significant boost to tourism and hospitality around the country. yes, it is a mor
i can tell you that president obama understands this as well. the president developed a view that immigration reform was not just the right thing to do, it was an economic imperative. two weeks ago bipartisan immigration reform bill that passed, it was a significant -- there will be a significant cost to our country if congress fails to act. let me just give you a few of the highlights. there will be more investments. our economy will grow by an additional 5.4%. if congress acts, deficits will...
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bush and his wife were invited to join the obamas aboard air force one. president obama's expected to speak at the service which is being held at a 90,000-seat sports stadium in johannesburg. >>> some of the nation's top reformers of all time were honored last night in washington. piano man billy joel, opera star martina arroyo, herbie hancock, shirley maclaine and carlos santana received kennedy center honors. the president was among those paying tribute. >>> prince harry's trek to the south pole with the teams of wounded service members including one from the u.s. is no longer a race. nbc's ayman mohyeldin tells us why it's been turned into an exercise of survival and cooperation. >> reporter: it began as a race to the south pole. wounded soldiers, hollywood actors and a prince. three teams all racing for a good cause. but this amazing race was taking a dangerous toll on the teams. >> we've had a couple rough days. last week was pretty intense. we had a couple of incidents, a couple of frostbites, a couple of people passing out, because of the altitude
bush and his wife were invited to join the obamas aboard air force one. president obama's expected to speak at the service which is being held at a 90,000-seat sports stadium in johannesburg. >>> some of the nation's top reformers of all time were honored last night in washington. piano man billy joel, opera star martina arroyo, herbie hancock, shirley maclaine and carlos santana received kennedy center honors. the president was among those paying tribute. >>> prince harry's...
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to realize this thing that we thought was a great reform has had a horrible unintended consequences. i think it offers huge advantages over courts inventing constitutional rights. i would like to emphasize why marriage matters. i referred to that briefly before. we seem to have now this notion that we can redefine basic institutions at no cost. we can ask how many licks does a dog have if you count a tale as a leg. three-quarters of the country would scream 5. and ifas four legs you're calling a tale leg, your very confused. i think we see the consequences of around us of the collapse of the marriage culture. this is not the fault of homosexuals. have done thef bulk of the work and ruining our marriage culture. you see the damage all around us with huge percentages of out of wedlock births and all the misery, all the governmental programs that cannot possibly put hannity down to back together again when you have families broken up like this. this ought to be the time when we realized we need to work to restore a vibrant irish culture 3 a not take a sixth step and i fear an irreversib
to realize this thing that we thought was a great reform has had a horrible unintended consequences. i think it offers huge advantages over courts inventing constitutional rights. i would like to emphasize why marriage matters. i referred to that briefly before. we seem to have now this notion that we can redefine basic institutions at no cost. we can ask how many licks does a dog have if you count a tale as a leg. three-quarters of the country would scream 5. and ifas four legs you're calling...
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i will add that in the debate er the obama care reforms, in e was an effort to add the comparative effectiveness section as it was called, various measures that would allow medicare to opine on whether someone who is terminally ill with cancer on d have hip replacement the month before they're going to die and that became part of the betsy mccoy death panel debate and everyone just ran for the hills rather than try to pursue that kind of reform. >> isn't that the point? isn't it relying on medicare to discipline the practice of care? >> when you're talking about old people and you don't like it, but old people depend and will depend and should depend on medicare and they like that program, everybody in the country likes that program. you're not going to get rid of it realistically. if aetna tried to do that, they would go after aetna, too. >> making a different point in terms of how the politics gets into this, it's almost impossible to extricate politics. >> not quite. to take an example, there are state laws that mimic medicare. medicare says if a drug is f.d.a. approved, congress says that if
i will add that in the debate er the obama care reforms, in e was an effort to add the comparative effectiveness section as it was called, various measures that would allow medicare to opine on whether someone who is terminally ill with cancer on d have hip replacement the month before they're going to die and that became part of the betsy mccoy death panel debate and everyone just ran for the hills rather than try to pursue that kind of reform. >> isn't that the point? isn't it relying...
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to oppose the iraq war and to pass progressive health reform, to supporting president obama at a key point in the 2008 primaries. i've been excited to open up our toolset so members can run their own campaigns. moveon has always had incredible campaigns. we are leaning into the billions and creativity of our own membership. we have had members start their own campaigns and petitions. let me give you a quick example. a member named robert applebaum is a thoughtful guy who has been concerned about the problem of student loan debt in this country. this is a trillion dollar question. students cannot get a good job and they are underwater from the moment they walk out of college. robert started a petition in 2011. at that time, student loan debt was not even on the radar. it wasn't a signature national issue. robert started this petition and it went gangbusters. president obama cited this petition when he made an executive order. since then, we have leaned into this campaign. we bring in the strategic resources to help to keep this campaign going. our members are standing with senator eli
to oppose the iraq war and to pass progressive health reform, to supporting president obama at a key point in the 2008 primaries. i've been excited to open up our toolset so members can run their own campaigns. moveon has always had incredible campaigns. we are leaning into the billions and creativity of our own membership. we have had members start their own campaigns and petitions. let me give you a quick example. a member named robert applebaum is a thoughtful guy who has been concerned...
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immigration reform will create more jobs for american citizens. president obama has returned from a meeting with presidents of mexico and costa rica in which he and his counterparts emphasized the enormous economic and human interconnectedness of the region. they agreed to move forward with a number of educational initiatives that are also in our report. we believe there is a lot more to do in the future. first of all, we have 52 million individuals of hispanic heritage living in the u.s. 36% were born in another country. of those hispanics born in other countries, 14 million were born in mexico, el salvador, guatemala, or honduras. that means three out of four come from those countries. persons born in these countries come to more than 35% of total immigrant population. some of the recommendations that we make in our reports are in the senate immigration bill. we hope they remained there as legislation makes its way through congress and to the president's desk. immigrationhe proposal that has been started in the senate is very positive, the right
immigration reform will create more jobs for american citizens. president obama has returned from a meeting with presidents of mexico and costa rica in which he and his counterparts emphasized the enormous economic and human interconnectedness of the region. they agreed to move forward with a number of educational initiatives that are also in our report. we believe there is a lot more to do in the future. first of all, we have 52 million individuals of hispanic heritage living in the u.s. 36%...
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you can take issues such as immigration reform. he tried to get engagement, especially since under president bush, the president and republicans cosponsored a bill but when president obama came in, that enthusiasm vanished. he reached out on the beginning. they did not want to engage. now there is a willingness to engage area evil increased that outreach. he will do whatever it takes to get the job done. in terms of the lighthouse, we have had transition. there have been a lot of people -- in terms of the white house, we have had transition. have a new perspective is energizing. having denis mcdonough as the official is helpful. the president appreciates the fresh perspective. >> because you have weighed in on so many issues, you read those who may be envious about that access you have saved that is primarily because you are friends. how do you react when you hear that? >> it is insulting. there is assumption there. he did not need me to come in. his senior advisers provide him with advice. likey colleagues, i would to think they t
you can take issues such as immigration reform. he tried to get engagement, especially since under president bush, the president and republicans cosponsored a bill but when president obama came in, that enthusiasm vanished. he reached out on the beginning. they did not want to engage. now there is a willingness to engage area evil increased that outreach. he will do whatever it takes to get the job done. in terms of the lighthouse, we have had transition. there have been a lot of people -- in...
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that is what president obama is doing. fix the schools, they say. fix the schools. a very suggested word. it is a mechanistic terms. as though our schools were out, and our kids were commercial commodities. i hate that word. here is what i believe. i think that is emblematic of the low level of dialogue. my favorite american poet happens to be langston hughes. i read his poetry to my fourth graders. it was considered dangerous. curriculum deviation, i was fired. i was hired shortly after by the johnson administration. [laughter] my favorite worldwide poet happens to be the irish poet. william butler yeats. there are lines many of us learn in school and forget. he said, the best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity. we need that passionate intensity on our side, on the side of the poor children in this earth. i beg the president to summon up the courage to give us that voice. if he does not, it would be a terrible betrayal of his role and he will miss an opportunity to leave behind a beautiful legacy in history. it will be his tragedy
that is what president obama is doing. fix the schools, they say. fix the schools. a very suggested word. it is a mechanistic terms. as though our schools were out, and our kids were commercial commodities. i hate that word. here is what i believe. i think that is emblematic of the low level of dialogue. my favorite american poet happens to be langston hughes. i read his poetry to my fourth graders. it was considered dangerous. curriculum deviation, i was fired. i was hired shortly after by the...
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i will reform the -- i will refer you to your programs for more information on her publications. proudly, i can say she is a proud member of the board of directors at the white house historical association. >> thank you. we have a wonderful panel here that represents people who have worked in the white house over several administrations in the residence staff and people who have come with particular presidents and first ladies. if through our discussions we will get a sense of the environment that a first lady operates in. it is a difficult place to be. in some ways it is as beautiful. as the white house is it has many different roles. it is a museum, it obviously is a residence, it is a park, and it is a workplace. all of those combined -- for the first lady it gives opportunity for her and her husband, and also some hazards as they live their lives in the white house. it is also a place for children, a place to raise a family. with a first lady who has received no compensation for what she does, it is a difficult thing to say exactly what her role is. we will talk about the env
i will reform the -- i will refer you to your programs for more information on her publications. proudly, i can say she is a proud member of the board of directors at the white house historical association. >> thank you. we have a wonderful panel here that represents people who have worked in the white house over several administrations in the residence staff and people who have come with particular presidents and first ladies. if through our discussions we will get a sense of the...
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he probably consulted with president obama and the need to revisit filibuster reform and the president has told the majority leader that he will support the exercising of the nuclear option. it has been said that the senior democrats expected democrats to publicly push for it. the president has said he will be there to support senator harry reid. the stocks that nominations and we are dealing with executive-branch nominations. this initial push was not limited to executive branch. it is something that will bleed over into the judicial branch. will see judicial nominations subject to the same thing in the future. how does this play out? we've got seven nominations right now that senate majority leader harry reid filed cloture on. we have richard cordray to be irector of the consumer of financial protection, richard griffin to be in the nlrb, sharon bloch, mark gaston, nlrb, thomas perxz, secretary and of labor. these nominees for the national labor relations board are very controversial. after the court ruled that obama recess appointments of three members or invalid richard cordray was
he probably consulted with president obama and the need to revisit filibuster reform and the president has told the majority leader that he will support the exercising of the nuclear option. it has been said that the senior democrats expected democrats to publicly push for it. the president has said he will be there to support senator harry reid. the stocks that nominations and we are dealing with executive-branch nominations. this initial push was not limited to executive branch. it is...
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the third piece to restoring economic growth is regulatory reform. president obama has unleashed regulators like locusts on small businesses, destroying jobs. the only problem is, you cannot use insecticide on the regulators. [laughter] that is tough. i am like -- there is someone in the back going, want to bet? and there is no more important regulatory reform we could do them to repeal every single word of obamacare. [applause] we are, right now, in the middle of a fight. we have, i believe, the single best opportunity we have had to actually succeed in stopping obamacare. on september 30, 38 days from today, the continuing resolution that funds the federal government expires. i have publicly pledged, along with a number of other senators, that under no circumstances will i support a continuing resolution that funds even one penny of obamacare. [applause] let me take a couple of minutes talking about this. in terms of why it is important, and how we can win. there is bipartisan agreement right now that obamacare is not working. the lead author, demo
the third piece to restoring economic growth is regulatory reform. president obama has unleashed regulators like locusts on small businesses, destroying jobs. the only problem is, you cannot use insecticide on the regulators. [laughter] that is tough. i am like -- there is someone in the back going, want to bet? and there is no more important regulatory reform we could do them to repeal every single word of obamacare. [applause] we are, right now, in the middle of a fight. we have, i believe,...